Silo-ladder.



E. MCGARY.

SILG LADDER.

APPLICATloN FILED 00117, 1914.

1,172,720. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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nus-ENE MCGARY, or Kinn, KENTUCKY. l

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To all whom 'it may concern: Y

Be it known that L EUGENE MCGARY, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at Y can be suspended therefromand is mounted for free swinging movement, the hanger .being-r movableover a track'which is fixed without the silo and this hanger is fittedwith rollers which work uponthe top and bottom edges of the trac r sothat the ladder can be reelv inovedto any pointaloout the said silo.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a. ladder whereinthe strapsof the hanger are'cut and bent to provide sheaves for therollers which are adapted to travel upon the track and also to provideears for Vthe pivotal 'connection of the upper ends of the side'V railsof the ladder so that the same will he suspended Vfromfthe hanger foruse in the usual manner. n Y Y A further object of the invention is theprovision'of a ladder of this character which is extrenielv simple inconstruction, strong, durable, reliable and etiicient in its purpose andinexpensive in manufacture.

With these `and other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures ot'l construction` combination and arrangement of Y parts,which will be hereinafter ullv de-J scribed, illustrated in theaccompanving drawing and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended'.

In the drawings-Figure lis a frasrmem tary side elevation of a siloshowinf; the ladder constructed vin accordance with the in..` ventionapplied. Fig. 2 is a. vertical longitudinal sectional view on the lineQ-v-Q of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hanger forsuspending the ladder. Fig 4 is a sectional view on the line 441 of Fie.1.

Similar reference characters indicate correspondine parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing'.

Referring to the drawings in detail A designates a portion of a silowhich mav be of any approved form, Bthe track and C Speccation ofLetters VPatent. Ptented Feb, 22, 1916k Appiication aied october 17,1914. semi N5. 807,221.

the ladder. suspended from` and movable throughout the extent of thetrack without the silo. rEhe track comprises a rail 5 which .iscorrespondingly curved with respectto the outer wall of the silo A andis spaced therefrom the required distance, the said rail being supportedupon hangers-6 which have faces 7 provided with slots 8 through whichare passed bolts 9 the latter carrying the usual nuts and in thisnianner the said hangers 6 are adiustablv fastened to the outer Wall ofthe silo A, it being understood of course that the boltsQ are passedthrough the wall. of the said silo.

The ladder C is swineinglv suspended from a. movable hanger comprisingra pair of spaced'straps 10. .each being` bent to torni hook ends 11which are reverselv disposed with respect to each other and serve assheaves for upper and lower track rollers'12 7 and 13, respectivelv,the'lowermost hook end 11 of the said strap `being` cut and bent to forma depending loop or evev 14 and instruok ears 15 at opposite sides ofthe said loop or eve 14. The ears 15 abut each other Y to serve asspacers for the stretcheso the strap 10 so that the hook ends 11 willaccommodate .the rollers 12 which are-iournaled upon stud'aXles 16mounted Vin Vthe opposite stretches ofthe strap 10, the rollers 13beineV support pivots '19, which are looselv passedV through the yevesor loops 14 forswinginqlv connecting the ladder C to the hanger. Con-v lneoted to the'straps 10 is a .substantiallv X- shaped frame Q0 whichunites the said straps of the hanger, the hook ends 11 of the straps 10beine: spaced apart at the rear or inner-V side of the hanger so as toafford a clearance 'for the hangers 6V supporting the' rail 5 of Thus itwill loe seen'V that the der of a hanv'er comprisin@ a air of s aced 1 7C L C open, substantially oval shaped straps providing reverselydisposed hook ends, one hook end of each strap being out and bent toprovide an` intermediate eye, andv in- Copies of this .patent mayv beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of`Pa.tents,u

ladder, and pivots passed through the side Washington, D. C.

